Journaling Through Miscarriage: A Personal Journey
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Journaling Through Miscarriage: A Personal Journey

I let the pen flow across the page, capturing the rawness of my emotions. There were no coherent sentences, just fragments of thoughts and feelings. In that moment, my journal became a mirror, reflecting back the turmoil I was too afraid to voice aloud.

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You Can't Heal a Wound That You Ignore
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You Can't Heal a Wound That You Ignore

I remember going back to work just a few days after my first miscarriage, wearing a mask of normalcy that felt foreign and uncomfortable. Colleagues would ask how I was doing, and I would smile and reply, "I'm fine, thank you." But inside, I was anything but fine.

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Healing After Miscarriage
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Healing After Miscarriage

The anxiety a woman experiences during a pregnancy after a miscarriage is unexplainable. The anxiety a woman experiences after Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) is what I would consider traumatic. I didn’t know what to do with this type of trauma, all I knew is that I just wanted to be safe in my bed and hide from the pain.

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